Dinner with ex-colleague

Met up with an ex-colleague for dinner on last Friday night. I was suppose to meet him at 7pm at Harbourfront but my mtg droned on so I sms him to tell him I would be late. I was still in office at 7pm! He waited patiently at Dhoby Gaut for me and so we decided to meet up at Plaza Singapura for dinner instead.

Had dinner at the Lao2 Bei3 Jing1. Never been there ... food was alright. We shared a few dishes and I ate most of them! (he had gone on a diet and no longer has a big appetite -_-" am i the only one with a huge appetite nowadays :P)
We chatted over dinner, about life at our workplaces, mainly about how he is struggling in his present work place. We all I guess share the same woes one way or another, a general dissatisfaction with our job but with no clear end in sight. No idea what career switch we could do at this point in our life, and even if we do, switch to what ? (Basically no skills haha)

Had a good chat with him, good catch-up with old friends whom I don't get to meet. Ironically, this is the first time I'm having a meal with him alone! Haha, we only get to MSN more often after I leave the company and we normally catch up over MSN. Power of MSN, helps bring people closer ? So it doesn't necessarily mean that MSN tears people apart (physically) because it is whether we make the effort to still meet up on and off to catch up over tea or a meal, and to maintain that personal touch. I admit that I'm lousy at keeping in touch, at a face to face level. I'm more a "virtual" kind of friend. I do better over sms, email. I dislike phone conversations (reminds me to change my phone plan to have free incoming and loads of free sms, i don't need much talk time really). So if I don't ever call u to say hi, be thankful at least I make the effort to sms ? :P

Again, I digress. Anyway, its good to be able to catch up with old friends. Time for me to organise another gathering with the rest of my ex-colleagues whom I used to be close to. I organised one i think 2 months back (how time flies!) but the turnout was dismal. This time will keep the gathering small, just a few key ones. I think i still like small group gathering if I want quality chit chat haha